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Welcome to Wailea

the jewel of south maui

Šdana edmunds

With its sun-drenched beaches, luxurious resorts and world-class golf, Wailea is truly the jewel of South Maui. In the pages of Wailea magazine, we introduce you to the many pleasures offered by this island paradise.

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34 F E AT UR E S

16 Silky Sands & Sunny Shores A CULTURAL LOOK AT WAILEA’S FIVE GORGEOUS BEACHES.

BY JOCELYN FUJII

26 The Garden of Gardens FLOWER POWER IS A WAILEA SIGNATURE.

BY PAUL WOOD PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANA EDMUNDS

34 Dawn to Dusk on the Coastal Trail COASTLINE GLORIES, ONE STEP AT A TIME.

BY JOCELYN FUJII PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANA EDMUNDS

46 All is Wellness Inside the sanctuary of SOUTH MAUI SPAS.

BY Reina LaRue

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52 Shaking Up the Salt World HAWAIIAN SEA SALT TOPS THE CULINARY HEAP.

BY JOCELYN FUJII

56 All the World Loves Chocolate CHOCOHOLIC FANTASIES IN WAILEA DINING ROOMS.

BY JOSEPH W. BEAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY TONY NOVAK-CLIFFORD

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F E AT UR E S continued

70 Fairways to Heaven TEEING OFF IN PARADISE.

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78 Wailea is for Lovers

WEDDINGS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING.

BY SARAH RUPPENTHAL

84 Inspiration WHAT’S UP IN THE SHOPS AND GALLERIES.

90 Crescent in the Sun UNDERWATER CANYONS IN HIGH-DEF COLOR.

BY TOM HANLEY

96 Aloha Moment A glorious shoreline still-life.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANA EDMUNDS

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ARTISTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STATEMENT. My interest towards the human head came from a question of the difference between abstract form and figurative form. If [the piece] already has the shape of the human head, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually much easier for people to get involved with, or to get into the piece.

I like Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i a lot. I was going there every year for about month to two months to do some drawings and paintings. Where I live, in Omaha, Nebraska, the wintertime is really cold, so it was a nice place to go and paint and walk. And the people are amazing. I mean, they are great people, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very kind. And just the color looks different, too, because of the sunlight; the quality of the natural light is different.

D E PA RT M E N T S 6 Welcome to Wailea 8 Contributors 12 Lei of the Land A MAP OF THE RESORT.

14 Waileaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Footprint GETTING YOUR BEARINGS AT THE SHORE.

22 Wailea Hall of Fame WHOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S THAT BEHIND THOSE SUNGLASSES?

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AUfm A]hgiXU µABC27= ¶ % Mitsuda is a lifelong Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ahu resident who weaves elements of nature and Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i into work using bold colors and textures. For this work, she found inspiration in letters from the Islands to mainland relatives in the 1820s.

ARTISTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STATEMENT. I worked on a stamp collection for a long time, and I was very affected by the folded letters and the unfolding of letters, and the fact that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just very beautiful documents. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very irregular, but broken up by these same kinds of lines.

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Legend has it that the Hawaiian goddess of canoes, Lea, transformed herself into the beautiful ‘elepaio bird and flew over this extraordinary shoreline, which became known as Wailea—the “Waters of Lea.” And just as she recognized the beauty of this sunny south coast of Maui, so do many others today.

All the wonderful images you envisioned about Hawai’i are right here in Wailea for your enjoyment.

From the majestic sunrise over Haleakalā through the breathtaking sunset, each day in Wailea is a dream come true. We present this magazine as a portal into the many special qualities of this resort, from the cultural past to the people and places that make it what it is today.

Hawaiians are noted for their innate hospitality, their keen sense of place and being masters of many delights, from ‘ukulele and hula to surfing and paddling. They are truly masters at enjoying life, and we hope you will find that your time in Wailea is similarly joyful, and your new memories will bring you back to our sunny coast.

For more information about the Wailea Resort, please visit our website at www.WaileaResortAssociation.com.

Mahalo nui loa for sharing your time with us here in Wailea.

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Sarah Ruppenthal Grady Timmons “Fairways to Heaven,” p. 70 Grady Timmons has been writing about golf in Hawai‘i for more than 25 years and playing the game even longer. His writings on golf and other subjects have appeared in numerous local, national and international publications. He is the author of the award-winning 1989 book Waikiki Beachboy and A Century of Golf: O‘ahu Country Club, published in 2007.

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Joseph W. Bean “All the World Loves Chocolate,” p. 56 From Humansville, Missouri, through China, Canada, Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Mexico and 49 of 50 states, Joseph Bean has found and written about some of the world’s most interesting people, places, and foods. He settled on Maui in 2001. Publishers of his work range from the Punahou Bulletin to the United Nations and include more than 100 newspapers and magazines.

“Wailea Hall of Fame,” p. 22, and “Wailea is for Lovers,” p. 78 Diploma in hand, Sarah Ruppenthal waved good-bye to a soggy college campus in Seattle, Washington, nine years ago and boarded a one-way flight to Hawai‘i, searching for work—and some much-needed Vitamin D. Today, she is an award-winning journalist, freelance writer and instructor at University of Hawai‘i, Maui College. When she’s not hunched over her laptop working on an assignment or grading papers, Sarah is relaxing at home on Maui’s North Shore with her husband and 140pound puppy, Odie.

Paul Wood “The Garden of Gardens,” p. 26 Independent writer Paul Wood lives on Haleakalä within mooing distance of Maui's ranchlands.

His work has received numerous awards, including Hawai‘i’s most prestigious, the 2006 Elliot Cades Award for Literature from the Hawai‘i Literary Arts Council. He is currently producing a new edition of Four Wheels Five Corners, his 1996 book about the peculiarities of life in Upcountry Maui. Paul also directs Writing Without Pencils, an ongoing project aimed at reforming the way we introduce young children to the art of writing.

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Wailea’s Footprint The Wailea Coastal Walk is Wailea’s footprint. With the crescent of Molokini visible in the foreground, the larger island of Kaho‘olawe behind it and the island of Lāna‘i off in the distance, it provides stunning views of the South Maui coastline. Stretching from the north end of Wailea to The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, the 1.5-mile walk offers easy access to the Wailea resorts—and, at three miles round trip, a great aerobic workout.

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waiian Coastal Garden. These hardy plants include the ‘a‘ali‘i, which provides wood for houses, and the ‘ilima, used in lei-making. A partially restored homesite and plaque recount the story of the Native Hawaiians and Europeans who populated this area between the late 1300s and early twentieth century.

From November to April, the coastal walk provides an ideal vantage point for viewing the humpback whales that migrate each year to these waters to mate, give birth and nurse their young. For a closer view of these magnificent creatures, you can take one of the whale-watching excursions that depart daily from Mā‘alaea Harbor; ask your concierge for details.

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evin Gavagan wakes up at 4:30 a.m. every weekday to drive from his home in Kula to his job in Wailea. It’s a one-hour, 36-mile descent from Upcountry Maui to the coast, but he isn’t complaining. The view is sublime, he says, and his destination—the South Maui shoreline—is more than a workplace to him.

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guests at Hotel Wailea, a short hop mauka (toward the mountain) of the shoreline, have easy access to the beaches via complimentary shuttle service.

A PLACE IN THE SUN While beach life hums from morning to dusk, there’s a certain rhythm to a Wailea day. “The early morning is really calm, so it’s easier for people to get out there and enjoy themselves,” says Paul Nagel, a Polo Beach attendant at The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui. “For two days in a row, we’ve had a family come up to us and describe their snorkeling experience. The first day, they said they saw a number of really large turtles. They even opened their arms and said, ‘As big as me.’ The next day they said they saw the young turtles, the small ones. This happened just the other day.”

Nagel describes a reefy area renowned for its abundant marine life: Turtle Town. “It’s directly in front of Wailea Point, but you have to go in from one of the beaches,” he explains. “There’s excellent snorkeling, there are a lot of green sea turtles, and you see manta rays from time to time.”

The area is about 100 yards or more offshore, he says, and even boats heading for Molokini stop there.

“People jump in and go around the corner to Turtle Town reef, and if they’re hesitant about snorkeling, I suggest a kayak,” adds Nagel. “You can see pretty much all the life from a kayak—the turtles, manta rays and the occasional pod of dolphins. During whale season, we almost run out of kayaks daily, because everyone wants to go out to see them.”

Every Wailea beach has its own distinctive character, and Polo is no exception. “Usually we have a little more wave action when we see a south swell, and if you go just up the beach on the coast, it could be flat calm,” notes Nagel. “So if you’re looking for wave action, usually our beach is popular for bodysurfers and Boogie boarders.”

Ocean activity centers in Wailea’s coastal resorts are busy every day, offering scuba dives, canoe rides, sailing charters, kayak and board rentals, snorkeling tours, cultural ocean adventures and numerous recreational options. In programs such as the Hawaiian Cultural Canoe experience at

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This page: Wailea Beach is one of five golden strands. Facing page: For Hawaiians, South Maui beaches were important canoe landings from migration times.

His “office” is the outdoors—the lush grounds of the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, where he’s landscape manager and steward of the ‘āina. And his “gym” is the ocean, where he slides into the welcoming waters of Wailea Beach for his early morning ritual.

“I swim there every morning,” Gavagan says. “The water is beautiful. Just being in the ocean connects me to my culture. It’s calm. The sun comes over the mountain, and it’s the perfect swim.

I see turtles, fish and manta rays. It’s a beautiful place to be early in the morning.” After a 6 a.m. briefing with his crew, he swims for 30 to 45 minutes and returns to the cultural and botanical wonderland of his workplace.

This is what we’d call an exalted life: descending the slopes of Haleakalā to arrive at a sandy shore where you feel like you’ve come home.

Everything about Wailea is aligned to a life in the sun: the geography of the coastline, the weather (10 inches of rain a year), the amenities and activities offered, the silky strands where you can surf, swim, kayak, sail or simply stroll or lie in the sun.

Wailea Beach, Gavagan’s ocean sanctuary, is a long, golden crescent north of Polo Beach, the southernmost of the five Wailea beaches. Between Wailea and Polo beaches, the lava promontory named Wailea Point is the ocean-watcher’s paradise: elevated, with panoramic views of the Kealaikahiki Channel leading straight to Tahiti. Along the Wailea Coastal Walk that winds through this area, hardy strand vegetation—pōhinahina, pōhuehue, naupaka, ma‘o (native cotton), and others—have adapted to the elements after reaching Hawai‘i through bird migration and the currents of wind and ocean. The stone remnants of a Hawaiian dwelling recall the villagers who lived in the area between the 1300s and early twentieth century.

North of Wailea Beach, Ulua, Mōkapu and Keawakapu complete the quintet of strands that comprise Wailea’s lei of loveliness. Tastefully sprinkled along the mile-and-a-half shoreline, with five public beach accesses between them, Wailea’s eight hotels and resort residences pay homage to the beach life. Even the

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The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, guests learn the basics of paddling on sixman outrigger canoes. “We give everyone a paddle and teach them about the history and culture behind the canoe,” Nagel explains.

PAE‘AHU AND HONUA‘ULA Hawaiian cultural and economic life revolved around the ahupua‘a, the wedge-shaped land divisions stretching from the ocean to the mountains.

Like many cultural practitioners, Kevin Gavagan refers to Wailea as Pae‘ahu, the traditional name of the ahupua‘a that encompasses all but one (The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui) of the Wailea resorts. At the shoreline, the ahupua‘a of Pae‘ahu begins at Keawakapu Beach, the northernmost of the Wailea beaches, and continues south, where, between Wailea Point and Polo Beach, the ahupua‘a of Palauea begins.

John R. K. Clark, author of The Beaches of Maui County, Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions from the Past, and a series of definitive books on Hawai‘i’s beaches, notes that, due to the scarcity of water in Pae‘ahu, the communities on either side of it—Mākena and Kīhei—were the centers of activity in the 1800s and early 1900s. But Ulua Beach, he says, where the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa is located, has a special historical footnote:

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Wailea Beach is a sanctuary for active beachgoers or those seeking serenity.

It was known as Little Tarawa, due to its use for amphibious landing practice as the U. S. prepared to invade Tarawa during World War II. The beaches of Wailea also have a place in pre-contact Hawaiian history, explained Kahu Lyons Naone, a revered cultural practitioner and an expert in Hawaiian sun, moon and star calendars. “Pae‘ahu, meaning ‘altar of disembarking,’ is right here, and it is part of the larger district, the moku of Honua‘ula.” He was sitting on a lauhala mat on the grounds of the Grand Wailea, a few feet from Wailea Beach. This area of South Maui, Naone believes, was important as a place for embarking and disembarking canoes during times of Polynesian migration.

It was there that Naone conducted an ‘awa ceremony on July 20 to honor Lolopua, or Lahaina Noon, when the sun is directly overhead and the shadows disappear. For the Polynesian voyagers, Naone said, the beach just in front of him “was the access to Kealaikahiki, the channel that leads straight to Tahiti.” Looking straight out from any of Wailea’s beaches, Kealaikahiki is the oceanic highway between Lāna‘i and Kaho‘olawe leading directly to the South Pacific.

“We’re here to honor the sun,” he said to the participants in the ‘awa ceremony. “Lolopua is a time when you, the sun and the earth are aligned.” In Hawai‘i every year, Lolopua occurs in May, when the sun is headed north, and in July, when it starts heading south on the horizon. “Today, because this is the road to Tahiti, we gather here to say farewell to the sun.”

Each of the 17 participants around the ‘awa circle offered a sprouted coconut that would be planted on the property to start a coconut grove.

The deity Kū, Naone explained, sent coconuts throughout the entire Pacific, to be carried by the ocean currents to populate the Pacific Islands.

“The coconut tree became the tree of life for the Pacific Islanders,” he said. The voyagers would arrive, as they did at Pae‘ahu, to find fresh water from the coconut, food from its flesh, and supplies for shelter and cordage. It’s no wonder, Naone pointed out, the area was called Niukauila—“ceremony of the coconut”—prior to development.

Maui native Teri Freitas Gorman of E Ola Pono, an organization providing Hawaiian cultural support to the Grand Wailea, recalls going to the beach as a child and finding coconuts growing at the shore. “My parents moved to South Maui in the early 1970s, and there were still coconut groves near the beaches,” she recalls. “My grandfather used to fish and gather seaweed along that shore.”

Today an altar, an ahu, stands on the Grand Wailea property at the edge of Wailea Beach. In August 2009, in a ceremony organized by the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce, at least a dozen canoes arrived for a special sunrise ceremony. Stones, some green with lichen, were placed on the ahu to represent the 12 moku, or districts, of Maui. It’s hoped that one day a coconut grove will shade it, and as the ‘awa cup is passed and the shadows disappear, the 2011 Lolopua will be remembered as the first of a longstanding annual tradition on the shores of Pae‘ahu.

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Wailea Hall of Fame Someone asked me for my autograph the other day.

No, I’m not famous. I was just shopping in Wailea. Apparently (in my wide-brimmed hat and dark sunglasses) I looked like a celebrity. Did I fulfill my adoring fan’s request? Of course I did. What name did I scribble on the back of her grocery store receipt? I’ll never tell.

To be fair, they say everyone has a twin, and mine just happens to be a starlet from Tinseltown. But this kind of mistaken identity could happen to anyone in Wailea.

I’ve observed a fascinating juxtaposition in Wailea. One minute you’re relaxing on the beach, soaking up the tranquility, and the next thing you know, you’re rubbing elbows with the glitterati.

If you think the stars only come out at night here—think again. I’ve seen more than my fair share of familiar faces roaming around town: Britney Spears, Pamela Anderson, Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Dave Matthews, Nicole Kidman, Justin Bieber, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Phelps—and the list goes on and on. At the 2011 Maui Film Festival, celebrity sightings included festival honorees Olivia Wilde, Megan Fox, Garrett Hedlund and Andrew Garfield.

Wailea’s premium positioning on Hollywood’s “A-list” comes as no surprise. What is surprising, though, is how seamlessly these household names—of film, music, sports, art and politics—blend in here. Wailea may have been dubbed one of the top celebrityspotting places in the world, but there’s no red carpet here. In fact, in Wailea, the rich and famous are off the proverbial clock.

There’s a prevailing sentiment of “look, but don’t touch,” so it makes sense that they feel right at home. So much, in fact, that many celebrities have taken up residence in Wailea.

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Wailea’s got plenty of it. Socialite Paris Hilton is a regular at the boutiques and restaurants at The Shops at Wailea, along with Aerosmith frontman and “American Idol” judge Steven Tyler. And the word on Wailea Alanui is that pop-culture icon Peter Max will personally oversee his new gallery at The Shops at Wailea. Just a stone’s throw from Max’s gallery, you can find Mick Fleetwood once or twice a month, signing autographs at the (appropriately named) Célébrités Gallery of Celebrity Fine Art. If the sirens’ song is luring you to Wailea, you may want to circle some dates on your calendar. Aside from a bevy of outdoor events (golf tournaments, tennis matches, triathlons and more) throughout the year, you’ll find no shortage of things to do and people to see. Put aside your holiday preparations for the annual Life is Sweet dessert competition at The Shops at Wailea (featuring celebrity guest judges such as Maureen McCormick, aka Marcia Brady from “The Brady Bunch”). On any given balmy Wednesday evening, lip-synch to live music and marvel at the work of local and internationally renowned artists at the shopping center’s weekly signature event, “Wailea on Wednesday” (WOW). Or, treat your taste buds to the biannual Restaurant Week celebration and indulge in some award-winning cuisine at one of Wailea’s opulent restaurants or palatial resorts. Of course, you can join me under the stars for a week of lights, camera and (lots of) action at Maui’s “crown jewel” event, the Maui Film Festival every spring.

This is the place to see and be seen, and have your privacy respected, too.

So the next time you’re cruising around Wailea, don’t be surprised if someone politely asks for an autograph. If you’ve got a free moment (and a pen handy), soak up the limelight—we all deserve our fifteen minutes of fame.

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The landscaping of Wailea is always a show.

It’s a slow show, and lulling. So we tend to put it on the periphery of our focus. We might even suppose, without thinking, that the trees prune themselves and the lawns are self-grooming. In fact, all over Wailea Resort’s 1,500 acres, platoons of horticulturists are at work every day. They are masters of discretion, adept at staying out of resort guests’ reveries. Thanks to their labors, Wailea is a sensational garden full of gardens.

Visitors are smart to take the entire resort as a botanical walkabout. (All common areas, including hotel lobbies, are open to the public.) The rewards are more than visual: the coolness of tropical tree shade, the incense of foliage, the percussion of falling water, and the piping of fortunate birds.

The resort’s entry drive, Wailea Ike, suggests immediately that one has entered a botanical garden. Vast lawns of the resort’s Blue Course cascade toward the sea. One after the other, the road’s wide islands present monkeypod trees, each one like a dancer in pose. The signature tree of the resort, the monkeypod naturally forms dense canopies up to 100 feet in spread. The Wailea specimens, though, get pruned twice a year to display the forking rhythms of their limbs.

Wailea Community Association maintains this drive and the 10plus miles of county roadway that run through the resort. The community invests heavily in its own beauty. This investment includes not only the grooming of more than 400 trees, but also responsibility for Wailea’s beach-access parking, shower areas and parks, including fences, barbecues, picnic tables and a dog park.

General manager Bud Pikrone is particularly proud of the association’s work to conserve water. With an average rainfall of only 12 inches a year, Wailea is naturally arid. “People expect everything to be green,” he says, “but we’re doing all we can to keep water use under control.” Upgrades to the automated sprinkler system have saved mil

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Standing in a bucket lifted 40 feet in the air, an arborist wields a 16-foot-long pole tipped with a curved saw. He’s nicking the base of some fronds at the crown of a palm tree. These fronds, which ripple gently in the mellow mid-morning breeze, are each about the size of a catamaran. With towels over their arms, bathers on their way back from the beach pause to watch the show. The arborist cuts deftly through f ibrous tissue. The great leaf falls, spinning slightly as it drops, then smacks the lawn with a resounding splash—a f irework of vegetation. The bathers applaud.

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lions of gallons a year. Other measures include the emphasis on lessthirsty plants (shrubs instead of flowers) and conservation education.

To see the splendor that even cautious water practices can produce, head to the Wailea Golf Club and walk onto the juncture of the Gold and Emerald Courses. Where the cart-way crosses a splashing stream, golden lantana and orange ixora shine flame-like under the blue sky, bougainvilleas sprawl over a nearby hill, and perfect greens swoop and roll to the sea, the whole view framed by islands and cinder cones and splashes of distant forest. This spot’s open-sky breadth and amphitheaters of lawn inspired the Maui Film Festival to stage its starry nighttime screenings here. Gannon’s Restaurant, adjacent, maintains an HD webcam here for Internet viewings. The entire landscape is sustained by brackish water from a local source, putting minimal strain on Maui’s resources.

Wailea’s five hotel properties all vie for the ultimate expression of botanical zing. Four of them are along the shoreline, and their enthusiasm reaches from their entrance drives to the floral arrangements in the lobbies.

These grand botanical sculptures capture the burly, unchecked excitement of the rainforest. At The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, for example, Tish Brook of Creative Botanicals is one of very few floral designers skilled in working on the scale required for the lobby fountain displays. “I drag in driftwood I find on the beach, moss-covered branches I find in the forest, polished stones from the beach. I am absolutely always on the lookout, inspired by nature,” she says. Years ago, Brook was a Wailea concierge who used to stare into the lobby imagining gigantic bouquets. She took a leave of absence from that job, earned a college degree in design, and returned to Wailea to create a unique career. “I like to expose people to the exotic and the unusual,” she says.

The same could be said of every hotel pathway and view.

Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, Wailea’s first hotel, cultivates a mood of “understated elegance,” says landscape director Shawn Ardoin. A slender, easygoing horticulturist and arborist, a graduate of Louisiana Tech, Ardoin loves the old-South plantation feeling of this property’s entry drive, lined with 40 Chinese banyans.

Trimming crews groom these trees annually, swarming them with ropes and saws. White impatiens flowers, replaced three times a year, fill the beds beneath them. With white orchids in the open-air lobby, white bougainvillea, plumeria, lantana and other white botanicals, there’s no doubt about the property’s floral and color statement.

Another priority is undisturbed relaxation for guests. Two years ago, in landscaping the area around the hotel’s new Infinity pool, Ardoin and his crew created a pool-table-tight lawn for the guests’ deck chairs. To trim the grass, gardeners arrive at 5 a.m., lift the chaises longues, do their barbering with a push mower and hand shears, then

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fade away like menehune. “It takes constant grooming,” he says, surveying the grounds with a smile. “The work is unending.”

Following a different design approach, Paul Ngalu at The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, goes for the “Wow!” factor. “You name the color, we have it here,” he says. Ngalu, whose father was responsible for the initial planting and care of Wailea’s monkeypods, recently completed renewing the Bamboo Garden, located to the left of the lobby entrance. He added rock walls, spathiphyllums, and bromeliads. “It will take a total of three years to complete all the replanting,” says this Tonga-born arborist. “I want to create a landscape that talks. When people pull up, the plant material should tell them to forget their worries. That’s what we’re here for.”

For a lesson in horticultural wizardry, study the Grand Wailea’s lobby, where a network of raised beds outlines a veritable museum of sculpture and aquatic display. Each of these beds has its own ecosystem—some full sun, some sunless, and every variation thereof. Landscaping director Jim Heid packs these beds with single-type mass plantings, “trying to get an impression through large blocks of color.” But each block is unique.

Pausing at a field of exuberant white anthuriums, he says, “It’s too shady here for impatiens. This white anthurium is happy, but if I put a red variety in, it would burn.” He adds, “Once a plant is in its right habitat, it pretty much grows itself.” A lifelong farmer who created the largest protea farm in Hawai‘i, Heid brings savvy and enthusiasm to every square foot of Grand Wailea’s grounds. He delights in leading walking tours every Thursday at 10 a.m. (No charge, and you don’t have to be a hotel guest. Just show up at the concierge desk.)

Another inspiring steward is Kevin Gavagan, head of landscaping operations at the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea. (There’s no fixed schedule, and tours are on request.) Two points of pride animate his explanations. The first is the discipline with which his uniformed crew of eleven adheres to standards set by the hotel’s founding master plan. “I’m a big believer in design integrity,” he says. “I’m the steward, not the artist.” Gavagan’s other big interest has grown from his own native island heritage. (Half-Hawaiian, he grew up farming on the high slopes of Haleakalä.) Gradually but steadily, he has been adding landscape elements representing the authentic cultural history of Wailea. These include 10 small hale (houses) lashed and thatched in true pre-Western fashion, plus areas, such as the Oceanfront Lawn, loaded with plantings expressing the mo‘olelo, the stories and traditions of the old days. He often begins his tours with a brief performance on the ‘ohe hano ihu, or Hawaiian nose flute. “This area was known before,” he says. “That’s the context we need to recognize. That’s the foundation of how we’ll move forward.”

After all, didn’t we all come from a garden, at least a garden of the mind?

Consider that fundamental as you amble the green grounds of Wailea.

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Maui shoreline. The ocean is a shimmer of silver and blue, and hints of peach streak the sky as the sun opens its eyes. Across the channel Kaho‘olawe looms, its silhouette round and crisp. Molokini, the crescent-shaped islet with an underwater cathedral, looks so close you feel you could touch it. Between these two forms, the 17-mile-wide Kealaikahiki Channel marks the clear ocean path to Tahiti.

The ocean is the road, the ancient mariners say, and you are where the voyage begins.

In a mile-and-a-half of pavement, sand and boardwalk, the Wailea Coastal Walk winds past five golden beaches and eight hotels and resort residences, along black lava promontories forming tiny coves teeming with color and life. Waves lick the shore. A turtle pokes its head above the water. A sanderling soars, and a wandering tattler cries, “‘Ūlili! ‘Ūlili! ‘Ūlili!” as it waddles on the sand.

Polo Beach at the south, then Wailea Beach, then Ulua, MŌkapu and Keawakapu, scallop the shoreline with white and gold strands. On the sandy sections of the trail, you’ll wrap your toes around ivory-colored sands so finely textured they’re like liquid silk. You’ll see the island of Lāna‘i in the distance, dwarfed on the horizon, and the steep West Maui Mountains, forming their own island of purple and green.

Habitual walkers get an early start to drink in the silence and coolness. The air is clean and bracing, and every step brings rejuvenation and recreational pleasure. With refreshments along the way and views in every direction, you can’t get more pleasant than this.

“We have more walkers in the morning, right at sunrise, when it’s cooler,” observes Debbie Gilbert, who has worked for years at the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea. Her early-morning shift puts her in the coastal prime time, when birds, turtles and the Wailea walkers are particularly active. “We see all walks of life on the trail—all nationalities, children, adults, the elderly, teenagers, all generations. We see dolphins and turtles, too, and, of course, whales are in abundance during winter months. On calm mornings, I’ve even seen manta rays.”

At least once since she’s been there, she says, a monk seal rested on the beach. And an underwater station has fish nibbling at turtles’ carapaces to clean them while they feed. “I’ve gone left at Wailea Point and there are 150

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Each step on the trail is a celebration. A couple meditates quietly on a bench. Men and women suit up for their morning dive, and surfers glide toward Nirvana. In their outrigger canoes, paddlers slice the water with chants of “Hut! Ho! Hut! Ho!” Here and there, yoga practitioners salute the sun from shaded, expansive lawns.

Near the south end, at the Wailea Point Historical Interpretive Site, more than 60 species of Native Hawaiian plants line the Native Hawaiian Coastal Garden. Signs point to the ‘a‘ali‘i, ‘ilima and ‘ākulikuli, all colorful lei materials.

Next to a partially restored lava-rock home site, a plaque recalls the Hawaiians and Europeans who lived in the area centuries ago.

The sun, in turn, moves quickly. Life on the trail has its own graceful rhythm.

When the breeze picks up in the afternoon, walkers secure their visors and welcome the natural air conditioning. The pure, brilliant shimmer of a seascape gradually turns deeper, pinker, more saturated.

As the day blooms, you’ll hear children laughing and their parents cajoling, “Come on, we’re going swimming!” When it’s time for refreshment or rest, you can duck off the trail and walk across the lawn to the nearest lounge or restaurant. Whether at lunch, sunset or dinner, your oasis will not be far.

At sunset, the prime feeding time for turtles and birds, a reverent hush descends. Whether on the trail, sitting on the beach, or toasting each other over cocktails, the coastal world is a community of congregants at the altar of sublime beauty. As the horizon takes its final sip of the sun, fiery colors erupt, deepen, spread and soften in the final moments of the day.

The trail ends—or begins—at the broad, sandy Keawakapu Beach. As magnificent a beach as you’ll encounter, it’s the northern boundary of Wailea. And if you don’t make it this far, there’s always tomorrow …

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A CHOCOLATE BATH? Of course. A seaweed scrub? Why not. A sugar cane exfoliation? Yummmm … And let’s not forget the bamboo massage and pineapple-papaya enzyme polish, or the honey scrub and mango-coconut body butter. These products are sumptuous, but sorry, you can’t eat them. You can, however, whet your appetite at one of Wailea’s five spas, where new frontiers of pampering await you in open-air, oceanfront treatment rooms, serene garden settings and gleaming Roman baths.

The Hawaiians prescribed salt air, lomi lomi massage, canoe paddling and a life at the ocean as avenues to wellness. The Greeks and Romans idealized strength and beauty in the human form. The Ayurvedic ancients stressed healthy living over the treatment of disease, and native cultures all over the world have for centuries used steam, herbs, water, gems and hot stones for healing. These practices and ideals are very much alive in Wailea, where you can travel the world in a single spa.

Voted “The Best Island in the World” for 16 years by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler, Maui brims with award-winning spas and programs that polish body, mind and spirit. At Grand Wailea’s Spa Grande alone, there are 40 treatment rooms in 50,000 square feet and a staff of 200 that can orchestrate 400 treatments in a day.

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chiatrist. I go to Maui,” says Sheri Smith from Minnesota, a frequent guest at the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea. “There’s a calmness and spirituality here that I need, and I don’t have to do anything … I can be at the pool or walking, and there’s a clarity that comes over me.”

Smith says she has come away from the Four Seasons Resort Maui’s Wellness Series with life-altering information and practices. There was the program with Reiki Grand Master Phyllis Furumoto, granddaughter of the woman who brought the now popular energy healing system to the West. There was Stacy Malkan, cofounder of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, who revealed shocking things about the safety of ingredients in beauty products and the lack of regulation in the industry.

Pat Makozak, senior spa director at Four Seasons Maui at Wailea, says it’s all about information and choices. “There are a lot of trends in the spa world, but wellness is not a trend,” she observes. “It’s more of a lifestyle.”

Adds Sheri Smith of the Wellness Series: “It stimulated my mind and made me more conscious, and it also gave me information to pass on to others and be an example … Once you get this information, your life is not the same.”

Speakers in the program, appearing for group discussions or in one-on-one sessions, are globally recognized in their fields: best-selling authors, nutritionists, Pilates trainers to the stars, and all manner of inspirational and holistic figures. Surfing, anyone? There’s a surf camp, too, recently with Maui icon David Kalama. In the Unforgettable Events series, yoga retreats, fantasy tennis, cycling and surf camps are led by icons in those fields.

Year-round, guests transcend the peak experience and ramp up their long-term radiance through yoga, meditation, massage, exercise and the full roster of beauty treatments and wellness programs in 13 indoor and outdoor treatment rooms.

The Super Spa “Our new menu offers 50 to 60 different treatments, including 10 different facials and about 12 types of manicures and pedicures,” notes Michael Smith, manager of the 10,000-square-foot Mandara Spa in Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa. “Our menu is global.” The Mandara brand around the world, he says, is “about a third Balinese, a third European, and a third whatever location you’re in.”

In Hawai‘i this means massage techniques ranging from Hawaiian lomi lomi to Japanese Shiatsu, Swedish, Balinese and Thai herbal poultice. In the rolling bamboo massage, bamboo shoots are soaked in essential oils and rolled strategically over the body, sliding the muscles into tension-melting oblivion. The retail products include Elemis and, from Maui, ‘Ala Lani and Island Essence, with their indigenous salts and botanicals in their line-ups.

And, adds Smith, “Every Mandara spa has a waterfall somewhere.”

Water is big in the spa world, and you’ll find a lot of it at Grand Wailea’s 50,000-square-foot Spa Grande, a beauty, fitness and wellness extravaganza. It’s a multiple award winner: a Four-Star winner by Forbes Travel Guide (Mobil); “Top Hotel Spa in Hawai‘i” by Travel + Leisure; one of the “Top 10 U.S. Spas” by American Airlines Celebrated Living, and others. Here you can choose between a Japanese furo bath, cascading waterfall massage, Roman hot tub, cold plunge pool and Swiss jet showers. The five aromatic baths of the Termé Hydrotherapy are a Roman bather’s fantasy.

Spa Director Cecilia Hercík, a veteran in the industry, says, “We slow the world down for guests. In going

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through the Hydrotherapy circuit, our guests find themselves relaxing, their muscles softening, their bodies letting go of stress.”

Spa Grande offers more than 40 fitness classes a week, daily yoga and dozens of massages and lavish facial and body treatments in its roster of East-West traditions. On the last Friday of the month, a threepronged event—Divalicious, Divas Night Out, and Spalicious—pulls out all the stops. Champagne, a fashion show, bowls of dark chocolates every few feet, and chocolate baths attract a crowd of all ages.

Body-Mind Integrity Enlightenment takes many forms, and Spa Kea Lani at The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, is known for its inner-outer wellness programs, matched by an outstanding retail component and driven by the hotel’s environmental initiatives.

“If you’re really into the environment, you want to make sure that how you look and feel reflects your lifestyle,” comments Lennette Clark, director of Spa Kea Lani and the hotel’s retail operations. “Green, organic and sustainable are big for us. We’re pretty green at The Fairmont, and looking at sustainability in spas is huge.” One of the most environmentally friendly hotels on Maui, The Fairmont Kea Lani has had an active Green Team for more than a decade and has won numerous awards, including the 2011 Hawai‘i Green Business Award from the state of Hawai‘i and inclusion in the Worldwide Gold List of Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Poll.

Sunset yoga is offered five days a week, and programs in meditation, water aerobics, Pilates and body contouring are on the roster regularly. A Hawaiian salt body scrub, seaweed wrap, Kino Ola Hou body recovery treatment, and Aloe Vera Recovery treatment keep the pampering at full tilt, while lomi lomi and stone massages highlight indigenous healing techniques.

Spa Kea Lani’s clothing lines fall right in step with the theme. “Our clothing is interchangeable, meant to go to yoga class and beyond,” says Spa Director Clark. The OMGirl line is chic, light and versatile, made of organic cotton with added stretch in clothing you’d wear anywhere. And Calvin Klein’s workout collection has all bases covered, with comfortable workout-friendly apparel for fitness and yoga needs.

Geisha Glory One of the most intriguing beauty treatments in Wailea is the nightingale facial at Hotel Wailea’s spa, one of two known salons in the U. S. offering this centuries-old Japanese tradition. In this treatment, dehydrated nightingale droppings are pulverized and sanitized (with ultraviolet light) into a fine powder that is infused with essential oils. The powder is used as a cleansing and nourishing mask full of enzymes and guanine, reputed to be responsible for the porcelain-perfect skin of geishas and Kabuki actors.

“It’s the enzymes in the nightingale and its love for the caterpillar that forms a strong bleaching agent,” notes Ann Ikuta, sales and events manager at Hotel Wailea. “It’s not readily available and is applied as a first step in the beauty treatments.”

The hotel offers waterfall massages, a Japanese furo with shower stalls, a twice-weekly boxing trainer and regular yoga classes. “We’re getting more and more requests for yoga groups,” observes Ikuta. “The demand is growing.”

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WHETHER IN COOKING, body scrubs, ceremonies or healing, there’s a Zagat restaurant survey, uses Hawaiian salt in its popular salted chocolate four-letter word that holds power. Salt. And not just any salt, but salt from caramel tart. “We grind and sprinkle the textured pink ‘alaea salt on top for Hawaiian waters—harvested, gathered and made with traditional techniques crunch and flavor,” says Chef de Cuisine Chris Kulis. “Some of the salt we passed down through generations. Ask any chef, cultural practitioner or spa harvest ourselves from La Perouse [on the south shore]. We also use it on some of our other dishes.” The black salt from Moloka‘i makes a dramatic findirector in Hawai‘i, and you’ll see sparks of recognition.

Tylun Pang, executive chef at The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, uses Hawai- ish to the dishes, he adds.

“We’re using Hawaiian salt everywhere,” says Roger Stettler, executive ian sea salt—pa‘akai—as a sprinkle, rub or condiment in his acclaimed dishes at KŌ, his nod to Hawai‘i’s plantation workers and multicultural past. “I like chef at Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea. “We use black, white and red to use Hawaiian salt for finishing or just before cooking, as a rub,” he says. salt, and we also have it on the tables in the restaurants.” The salts, from dif“In dishes such as Kobe beef poke, I take Hawaiian salt and turbinado sugar, ferent islands, are used to season fish and meats, as in the Ahi Crudo at Ferraro’s, where the black pa‘akai is a perfect partner rub it on the meat, and quickly sear it so you can feel to the raw fish drizzled with citrus juice and organic the crunch.” olive oil. At DUO, he adds, the butter for the table is In KŌ’s innovative Hot Ishiyaki Stone, a bowl of sprinkled with white or red Hawaiian salt. ahi cubes comes perched atop a mound of commercialMala Wailea is its own taste temple, especially at ly made red ‘alaea salt. This is for presentation purposthe hands of celebrated chef Mark Ellman, one of the es; for seasoning, Pang uses handcrafted Moloka‘i sea 12 original masterminds of Hawaii Regional Cuisine, salt made by Nancy Gove of Pacifica Hawai‘i Sea Salt celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2011. At Ellman’s Products, also sold in the hotel’s Caffé Ciao Deli. Good restaurant, located in the Wailea Beach Marriott Resalt, says Pang, “is like good olive oil: It really is about sort & Spa, tasteful sprinkles of pure white Kona salt personal taste and using the right salt where it counts add worlds of flavor and texture. “We use Kona sea the most.” While he wouldn’t “just throw a handful of salt from Mera Pharmaceuticals,” he explains. “It’s artisan salt on the kalua pig,” he says, “a small sprinkle salt drawn from more than 2,200 feet below sea level. works great on Kona Kampachi sashimi.”

I’ve visited the facility: They simply pump sea water Like many chefs, Pang prefers salt with ‘alaea, a in and let it naturally evaporate, which leaves a beauclay-based natural substance that adds color and mintiful, bright white salt.” Ellman uses this sea salt in his erals and tints the salt crystals in shades of light pink three Maui restaurants, including Mala Ocean Tavto deep ochre. His favorite comes from the salt ponds ern and the new Honu in Lahaina. of west Kaua‘i’s Hanapēpē.

“I use this salt as a finishing salt on most of our “I use it only for special occasions. When I bust it dishes,” he continues. “I love it because it’s from out to cook for the VIPs, I tell them this is my personal Hawai‘i, and it tastes wonderful—a less salty taste, stash. You can’t buy it.” He likes the color and the suband cleaner and brighter.” tle sweetness of the flavor but also acknowledges, “It’s While it may not be cost-effective to use artisanal about sharing the culture and telling the story.”

—TYLUN PANG salts in baths and high-volume spa products, HawaiThe story is this: Generations of Hanapēpē salt Executive Chef at The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui ian salt in some form is popular in body scrubs, wraps, makers have passed their techniques, land rights and salt flats down through the generations. The rights to harvest are maintained facials, baths and other top-to-toe treatments. “I think salt is very detoxifying. by the family, and the salt can be given away but not sold. The rarity of this It draws toxins away from the skin and cleanses it,” observes Holly Englemann, owner of ‘Ala Lani, a Maui company that creates products for The Fairsubstance, and its cultural provenance, give it inestimable value and cachet.

So, while chefs know and love this salt, they have to find something more mont Kea Lani, Maui, and the Grand Wailea. She points to salt air as being available. Enter Hawaii Kai Corporation and its rainbow-colored sea salts from good for the health, coarse salt crystals as an aid to detoxification, and sea salt Moloka‘i. They are, like Nancy Gove’s Pacifica artisan salts, used in Wailea as a source of minerals.

“I love Hawaiian salt, and I actually created five baths for Grand Wailea’s kitchens and spas. Named Soul of the Sea, Hawaii Kai’s products are made in a complex process involving Moloka‘i sea water, reverse osmosis and evapora- Spa Grande,” she says. “For the Grand Wailea, we actually use 100 percent tion. Binding the salt with ‘alaea (red), organic bamboo leaf extract (green) and Moloka‘i salt.”

With so many of Wailea’s spas and dining rooms offering sweeping ocean activated charcoal (black) achieves intense colors.

Hotel Wailea’s Capische?, voted Hawai‘i’s No. 1 Italian restaurant by the views, the source of pa‘akai, Hawai‘i’s prized flower of the sea, is never far away.

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All the World Loves

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Classic comfort food worthy of Wailea

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to travel nearly 6,000 dangerous miles and conquer the Aztecs to bring chocolate to their patrons back in Europe. Over the centuries, the quest for chocolate has become a lot easier, yet we are always looking for the best chocolate confection, and then a better one; the most unexpected use of chocolate, and then a more surprising one.

For this game of better-different-more chocolate, Wailea is a diamond field just waiting to be mined, over and over again.

Rhonda Ashton-Chavez, executive pastry chef at Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, said her most popular chocolate dessert is a surprise in this age of molecular gastronomy. “It’s the chocolate soufflé. It’s coming back to the old-school desserts, to the comforts. We’re going back to the classics.”

The soufflé is a regular menu item at DUO, but here’s a secret insiders’ tip: You can order the soufflé to finish off your dinner at Ferraro’s, too. Just ask your server.

Ashton-Chavez is right. For many chocolate lovers, what we want is the sweet, simple comfort of chocolate remembered and repeated. Chocolate has become the snack or dessert course equivalent of mom’s meatloaf or a hot dog right off dad’s backyard grill.

Known for the last courses she serves at special events—like wine dinners— Ashton-Chavez is famous beyond Maui for her brilliant showings at The Taste of Chocolate. The Taste, hosted by the Four Seasons Resort Maui, is part of the Maui Film Festival at Wailea every June. It’s the ultimate indulgent celebration of chocolate. While film-star gazing, 2011 party-goers gave in to temptations ranging from classic chocolate shortbread to exotically modern chocolate-olive panini and the scientifically novel liquid-nitrogen chocolate sorbet.

The competitive nature of The Taste of Chocolate brings out unexpected recipes and grand presentations, but nostalgia still wins the day, every day, at Joe’s. At this Wailea Tennis Club restaurant, says manager Sharon Jahns, “Chocolate is traditional. People love it, and you don’t want to mess with it.”

The nostalgic pleasure here is chocolate bread pudding. “It’s not the prettiest dessert,” says Jahns, “but it’s a good, rich dessert—very light and delicious, with chocolate sauce, caramel sauce and whipping cream.”

In the later seatings, Jahns says, “Some people come in just for the bread pudding.” That’s completely understandable. Anyone who samples Chef Bev Gannon’s chocolate bread pudding will surely come back for more.

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Gannon’s other Wailea restaurant, aptly named Gannon’s, is designed to capture the best views of the Wailea Gold Golf Course and the South Maui shore. Here, tradition reigns in the form of a chocolate decadence cake with raspberry coulis. Caution: You may find yourself closing your eyes and purring after the first bite.

There’s an unbelievable chocolate cake at The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, too, and it isn’t even on the regular menu at Kō. That is not to say you won’t find comforting chocolate on the usual menu. The Kō theme evokes the shared lunches of laborers on sugar plantations, meaning lots of ethnic diversity. That provides, among other delights, a Portuguese-style chocolate baked custard. This is not an overwhelmingly sweet dessert, but Executive Pastry Chef Ricky De Boer imbues the custard with layers and layers of complex chocolate flavor, then sets it off with a bottom crust of macadamia nut praline. The cake, though, is found in a surprising place: a special “health and wellness” menu. Ask your server for it. You’ll find that De Boer has produced chocolate desserts for diabetics, vegans, and even those who prefer only raw foods. This flourless chocolate cake is like a huge bonbon and is one of the selections for the gluten-intolerant. You don’t have to be allergic to anything to love it.

De Boer is one of the chefs who uses Hawai‘i-grown Waialua Estate chocolate from O‘ahu. Waialua is a partner of Guittard Chocolate, producing some of the best chocolate in the world, and you’ll find it at Sweet Paradise Chocolatier in the Wailea Gateway Center. Browse a bit and you’ll also encounter a bit of chocolate history: the products of Waimea Chocolate Company, owned by descendants of the man who invented chocolate-covered macadamia nuts 85 years ago. Melanie Boudar, who owns Sweet Paradise

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Chocolatier, has more tropical innovations per square foot than any other place on Maui, including the wildly popular passion fruit and Tahitian lime chocolates and dozens of other flavors.

Boudar is also looking forward to chocolate from Maui-grown cacao, which is a few years away at this point. “Skip” Bittenbender, the coffee and cacao expert with the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), is working with homeowners and landholders around Maui to determine which varieties of cacao grow best in which microclimates.

Boudar, who has a cacao planting at the Maui Tropical Plantation, points out that it is not just a matter of what survives. “You can grow cacao and have it thrive and just not produce much flavor.

So, we’re doing trial plantings, and CTAHR is doing the grafting and whatever else is needed.”

Wailea Gateway Center is also home to a restaurant where chocolate nostalgia is pushed to the limit. Chef Peter Merriman’s Monkeypod Kitchen serves the childhood favorite that adults can’t get enough of—real chocolate cream pie. Homemade chocolate pie is a rarity in these days of rushed homemakers and instant everything, but Merriman does it just like grandma used to, only far better than most beloved family matrons ever did.

While Monkeypod Kitchen’s cream-topped chocolate pie clings to tradition, Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar arrives at the nostalgic from another direction. Think of Oreos, malted milk balls, and Heath bars. Now, imagine that riot of welcome flavors and textures with a layer of rich, chocolaty whipped cream, and try calling it a malted chocolate pie. It’s at Tommy Bahama in The Shops at Wailea. Go. Longhi’s restaurant, also in The Shops at Wailea, offers a chocolate dessert that has become a classic without quite deciding what to call itself. Is it a cake? Is it a soufflé? The servers and fans differ, but the menu calls this profoundly chocolaty treat “our homemade chocolate cake with a rich molten center, even better

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Ruthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chris Steak House, in The Shops, has what might be the most crammed-with-chocolate cake in the world, and the richest. The dessert is aptly named Chocolate Sin Cake. Before you lift the first bite to your mouth, you can see, smell and feel the illicit indulgence. Still, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even think of sharing. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll want every bite for yourself.

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DINING

Wailea Guide

CUISINE TYPE

SERVICE

COCKTAILS/ENTERTAINMENT

California & Island Cuisine

L/D

C/B/W

Pūpū

P

C/B/W/E

Café Kula, Grand Wailea 800.888.6100

Gourmet Deli

B/L/D

B/W

Caffé Ciao Bakery & Deli, The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui 808.875.4100

Gourmet Deli

B/L/D

B/W

Capische?, Hotel Wailea 808.879.2224

Italian/French

D

C/B/W/E

American

B/L/D

C/B/W

Steak/Seafood

B/D

C/B/W

Italian

L/D

C/B/W/E

Hawai‘i Regional

B/L/D

C/B/W

American

B/Br

C/B/W

Honua‘ula Lu‘au, Grand Wailea 808.875.7710

Lu‘au Show

Buffet

C/B/W/E

Honolulu Coffee Co., The Shops at Wailea 808.875.6630

Coffee Shop

B

N/A

Pacific Rim

D

C/B/W/E

Hawai‘i Regional

D

C/B/W

Sushi/Japanese Tapas

D

C/B/W

Bistro Molokini, Grand Wailea 800.888.6100 Botero Gallery Lounge, Grand Wailea 800.888.6100

Cheeseburger Island Style, The Shops at Wailea 808.874.8990 DUO, Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea 808.874.8000 Ferraro's Bar e Ristorante, Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea 808.874.8000 Gannon's, Wailea Gold & Emerald Golf Courses 808.875.8080 Grand Dining Room, Grand Wailea 800.888.6100

Humuhumunukunukuapua‘a, Grand Wailea 800.888.6100 Joe's, Wailea Tennis Club 808.875.7767 KAI Wailea, The Shops at Wailea 808.875.1955

KEY TO DINING ABBREVIATIONS: Service: (B) Breakfast; (Br) Brunch; (L) Lunch; (D) Dinner; (P) Pūpū/Appetizer. Cocktails/Entertainment: (C) Cocktails; (E) Entertainment; (B/W) Beer and Wine.

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Wailea Guide RESTAURANT NAME/PHONE

CUISINE TYPE

SERVICE

COCKTAILS/ENTERTAINMENT

Kō, The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui 808.875.4100

Hawai‘i Regional

L/D

C/B/W

American

L

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Pūpū/Dessert

P

C/E/B/W

Mediterranean/Seafood

B/L/D

C/B/W

Pūpū

P

C/B/W/E

Mediterranean

B/D

C/B/W

Italian

L/D

C/B/W

Handcrafted Hawai‘i Regional

L/D

C/B/W/E

Irish/American

B/L/D

C/B/W/E

Classic Continental/Seafood

D

C/B/W

Mediterranean

L/D

C/B/W

American

L

C/B/W

Steaks/Seafood

D

C/B/W

Pacific Rim

D

C/B/W

Coffee Shop

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Restaurant Week Twice a year, in November and May, participating restaurants throughout Wailea Resort offer their finest cuisine in remarkable three-course, pre-fixe menus for just $29, $39 or $49 per person.

Restaurant Week takes place November 6 to 12, 2011. For details and menus, and for more information on the May event, visit www.wailearesortassociation.com.

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Any golfer looking for a slice of heaven need look no further than Mauiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famed Wailea Resort. Set on the slopes of Haleakala volcano, overlooking the Pacific, Wailea is a place where every golf hole has an ocean view and the weather is close to perfect.

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“It’s a golfer’s Valhalla,” says Rusty Hathaway, the resort’s head golf professional. “Beautiful natural land. Dramatic oceans vistas. Sunny yearround weather. And almost no wind.”

To arrive at Wailea is to enter the pearly gates of Hawaiian golf. This is where Nicklaus walked and Trevino quipped as they vied in the Senior Skins Game. It’s where the LPGA held the Women’s Kemper Open. It’s the only Hawai‘i resort with 54 holes of championship golf and a David Leadbetter Golf Academy. Add a 12-acre practice facility and a nationally acclaimed golf shop, and it’s hardly surprising that in 2010 the readers of Condé Nast Traveler voted Wailea the world’s No. 1 golf resort.

But even without golf, Wailea is singular in its attractions and beauty. The resort lies on Maui’s dry, leeward coast, where the weather, beaches and reefs are “nō ka ‘oi”—the best—and the views stupendous. Look one way, and the offshore islands of Kaho‘olawe, Lāna‘i and Molokini rise majestically from the sea. Look the other way and Mt. Haleakalā disappears into the clouds, its massive bulk shielding the resort from the blustery northeast trades. “I call it our 10,000-foot windbreak,” says Barry Helle, general manager of Wailea’s Old Blue Course. “It’s what makes this a naturally protected place.”

Old Blue is the most senior of Wailea’s three courses. Opened in 1972 and designed by Jack Arthur Snyder, the 6,743-yard layout wends its way past

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luxury homes and condominiums into the foothills of Haleakalā. Classic in design, it has wide, forgiving fairways, large greens and superlative vistas. “Most people forget that this was the first thing built at Wailea,” says Helle. “The resort grew up around this course. It’s what put Wailea on the map.”

In the mid-1990s, the arrival of the Emerald and Gold courses took the resort to new heights. Architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr., who designed the adjoining layouts, took full advantage of Wailea’s natural palette, creating signature courses that are in keeping with the climate and feel of the land. Jones contoured the fairways, varied the size and shape of the greens, and made creative use of sand and water. Moreover, he cleverly routed the layouts to minimize uphill climbs and maximize view planes.

Both courses are engaging tests of golf, challenging without being demoralizing, as resort courses should be. But they are also quite different, brilliantly designed to complement each other and highlight different aspects of Hawai‘i and its climate. At 6,825 yards, the Emerald is the more lushly landscaped of the two layouts and has won numerous awards for its playability with respect to women golfers. Its look is distinctly tropical, with f loral gardens, a ref lective lake, lava outcroppings, and colorful plantings of bougainvillea and plumeria.

In contrast, the highly decorated Gold Course has a rugged, handsome look, framed by big, sprawling bunkers and towering kiawe, monkeypod and co-

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conut palms. Throughout the course, Jones saw f it to preserve ancient lava rock walls and the raw drama of the landscape. Combined with the superlative views of Haleakalā and ocean views from every hole, the layout has a distinctly Hawaiian feel. The more demanding of the two layouts, it can be stretched to 7,070 yards and requires a variety of forced carries.

Differences in design aside, the true measure of any course rests in the character and playability of the individual holes. And Wailea has many great holes.

Consider these examples: Emerald Course, 1st Hole, 380 yards: All golfers love a downhill hole.

There is something about standing at a point of elevation and seeing the fairway spreading out below you that is exhilarating and empowering. Tee up the ball at the Emerald’s opening hole—a short, downhill par-4 with a gorgeous ocean view—and you feel as if you can drive it all the way to Lāna‘i.

Blue Course, 4th Hole, 560 yards: Keep to the right on this long par-5, which rises to a wide plateau before descending to a green bunkered on three sides. From the plateau, a stunning vista extends all the way from Kaho‘olawe to Mt. Kahalawai, the West Maui Mountains. “Visitors look across the water at

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that mountain and ask, ‘What island is that?’ says Hathaway. And I tell them, ‘Why, that’s this island. That’s West Maui.’”

Gold Course, 7th Hole, 590 yards: This is Wailea’s toughest hole, a true three-shot par-5 that puts the squeeze on every shot. A double-doglegged fairway is a minefield of bunkers and kiawe trees; the green is surrounded by sand and presents a false front. Power two accurate shots, and you’re still left with a difficult uphill approach. If you manage to make par, consider it a good score.

Gold Course, 8th Hole, 216 yards: It’s hard to pick a signature hole on the Gold Course, but this par-3 is certainly a candidate. From the tee, the golfer shoots across lava rock walls to a green framed by white sand and stately palms.

It’s easy to flub your shot here if you look up to see the view, which includes an incredible ocean backdrop and the islands of Kaho‘olawe and Molokini.

Gold Course, 10th Hole, 415 yards: This classic par-4 will stir the heart of any golfer. From an elevated tee, the fairway sweeps downhill before rising up to a wide, undulating green. Kiawe trees and a pearl-like string of bunkers guard the left side of the fairway, while the Pu‘u Ōla‘i cinder cone rises benignly in the distance, adding a pleasing volcanic touch.

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Emerald Course, 10th Hole, 392 yards: The long, slender double-green on this par-4 sits at a most picturesque corner of the course, fronted by a large, rock-walled lake and f lanked by a garden of golden lantana. Place your drive down the right side of the fairway here, and you avoid an approach shot over water and the risk of finding a watery grave.

Blue Course, Hole 12, 154 yards: Standing on the tee of this short, downhill par-3, you drink in the view and think to yourself, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heck, I could throw the ball on this green.â&#x20AC;? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe it. Club selection is critical here and can vary widely, depending on the wind. Hit it short or off-line, and your ball could find one of four surrounding bunkers. Hit it long, and you may not find your ball at all.

Blue Course, 18th hole, 176 yards: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unusual to find a course with a par-3 finishing hole, but this one will not disappoint. From an elevated tee, the golfer shoots across a lake to a wide green ringed by sand. A good shot should reward you with a par or birdieâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and probably settle a few bets.

Emerald Course, 18th hole, 553 yards: This captivating par-5 finishing hole plays downhill and downwind to a green that opens up from the left and is reachable in two shots. Take aim at Waileaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature landmark, the Puâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;u Ĺ&#x152;laâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i cinder cone, which rises like a lighthouse in the distance to guide you home.

Visitors to Wailea can play all these great holes year-round; there is no off-season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have 325 to 330 days of absolutely gorgeous sunshine,â&#x20AC;? says Mike Atwood, head grounds superintendent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The rest of the time itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a little cloudy.â&#x20AC;?

During the winter, however, Wailea does offer one additional attraction: Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when the humpback whales come down to vacation in Hawaiian waters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re out playing, you can see them cavorting offshore,â&#x20AC;? says Hathaway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes in the late evening you can even hear them crashing about, having fun.â&#x20AC;?

The visiting whales, it seems, are a lot like the golfers. They, too, seem to have found at Wailea a small slice of heaven.

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Its offerings in golf equipment and apparel are superior, but other categories also have their own strong identity. High-quality, up-to-the-minute resort wear and accessories include jewelry, hats, handbags and the latest from name brands: Puma, Hugo Boss, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Bahama, Lilly Pulitzer, Eric Javitz, Brighton, Helen Kaminsky, Bobby Jones and more.

For outdoor lovers, top-selling performance fabrics are at the cutting edge of active wear. Convertible collars for women speak volumes of fashion and function, and a new, organic made-on-Maui sunscreen has sun lovers abuzz. Hypoallergenic, biodegradable, and a shield from harmful UVA/UVB radiation, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also reef-friendly, water-resistant and brimming with antioxidants.

The Wailea Old Blue Clubhouse also carries golf equipment, apparel and accessories, as well as the latest in active and fashionable sportswear.

The Pro Shop, Gold and Emerald Clubhouse, 100 Wailea Golf Club Drive, 808.875.7450; Wailea Old Blue Clubhouse, 120 Kaukahi St., 808.879.2350.

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Short visits or all year long, life in Wailea is full. In this 1,500-

acre resort and residential community, luxury, comfort, and a stellar environment create a unique South Maui lifestyle in the gracious spirit of the Islands.

No matter how long you will be staying, lifestyle choices abound.

Whether a single-family home, town-home residence, an oceanfront villa, penthouse or condominium rental, an unparalled experience is in store. Ocean views and secluded tropical gardens are just the beginning. For a tailored Wailea experience, private chefs and adventure guides are ready to create new memories. Glorious beaches, perfect weather and award-winning restaurants add to this luxury lifestyle.

In Wailea Resort, you can choose to live in a 5,000square-foot residence complete with a million-dollar view or a 900-square-foot condo with the same spectacular vista. There’s nothing like a contemporary Hawaiian duplex residence, nestled among green spaces and meandering roads, to make life feel special. Add an infinity pool with a view and state-of-the-art exercise rooms with saunas, steam rooms and indooroutdoor showers, and you have the ultimate in health and wellness.

For those seeking to build their own homes, Wailea home sites are a dream come true. From the resort’s many elevations, peerless ocean views bring a brilliant sunset to you daily.

Regardless of where you live in Wailea, all the benefits of an active life are at your doorstep. The call of the warm ocean beckons year-round, and the green expanse of three signature golf courses dare you to a challenge.

These amenities enhance a community known for its many beauties: a stunning shoreline of five white-sand beaches, a front-row seat to winter whale-watching, a springtime film festival and the twice-yearly Restaurant Week, when Wailea’s world-renowned restaurants take center stage.

This is a community that blends luxury amenities and natural beauty for visitors and residents alike. Seamlessly. Generously. And with waves of aloha.

For more information on the Wailea Resort lifestyle experience, please visit wailearesortassociation.com.

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IF LOVE IS A CHEMICAL REACTION, then Wailea is the catalyst. Whether it’s

a wedding, honeymoon, vow renewal, anniversary, marriage proposal, romantic rendezvous or just “date night,” this is the place to be with the one you love.

Paris may be known as the “Romance Capital of the World,” but watch out for Wailea. That’s my opinion, of course, but if you ask anyone who has fallen in love in (and with) Wailea, there’s bound to be one thing in common.

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When it comes to romance, there must be something in the water in Wailea.

Literally.

Tropical destinations are certain to fan the flames of desire. Along with the ocean’s magnetic pull, coupled with the sparkling expanse of a few white sandy beaches and swaying palm trees, well, it’s a recipe for love at first sight.

But there’s something uniquely appealing about Wailea that awakens the hopeless romantic in each of us. What is it about the 1,500-acre resort that casts such an enticing love spell? Just ask Johnny Long, who’s no stranger to the allure of Maui—he lives here. Six years ago, he and his bride-to-be arrived on the South Maui shoreline and immediately fell in love. Not only did they exchange their vows on the beach and spend a weeklong honeymoon soaking up the sun (and thawing out from the chill of the Pacific Northwest), but they also made an impromptu decision to pack up and move to Maui two months later.

Today, the couple spends leisurely afternoons at the beach—just a stone’s throw away from the spot where they were married. “Wailea is definitely for lovers,” he says. “They should put that on a T-shirt.”

Love stories such as these are commonplace in Wailea. Perhaps it’s the breathtaking scenery, or the seductive glow of tiki torches illuminating the shoreline at dusk. It could be the intoxicating scent of plumeria in the tropical breeze, accented by the achingly beautiful sound of the waves as they crash onto a carpet of silky white sand.

There’s also the pièce de resistance: Wailea’s world-famous sunsets. If you are searching for the perfect setting for romance, this is it. There are no words to describe the moment the sun dips below the horizon after making its languid descent across a sky lit up in brilliant hues of red, orange and yellow.

No wonder people are head over heels for this place.

It’s as if Mother Nature herself is playing matchmaker. When it comes to natural beauty, Wailea seems tailor-made for romance. Each hotel property— Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, Grand Wailea, Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, Hotel Wailea—has wedding services specializing in all the intricacies of planning for your big day.

“When you first arrive in Wailea, it looks like a honeymooners paradise,” says Joanna Green, visiting from Seattle with her fiancé, Scott. “But I think the best thing is, it’s just so … effortless. Everything we need is right here.” What Mother Nature didn’t have a hand in, however, are the romantic nuances found behind the scenes: a trail of rose petals leading to the bathtub, uncorking a bottle of champagne on a private lanai, taking an evening stroll on the beachfront pathway that stretches from one end of the resort to the other.

If you are anything like me, nibbling on fresh mango or papaya while indulging in a couple’s poolside massage is certain to have you humming “That’s Amore” in no time. Green, who celebrated her nuptials in an intimate evening ceremony on the

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beach, recalls the “lovely little details” that made the experience so memorable. “The matching bathrobes and slippers, the orchids on our pillows and the sound of the conch shell blowing as the sun started to set… that was unbelievable,” she says. “It was so easy to just be content sitting out on the balcony watching the ocean.”

I’m certain that others share this sentiment. I’ve seen it firsthand. And if you look around, you’ll see it, too.

Just about everywhere you look, there are couples frolicking in the surf; lovers strolling down the beach path holding hands; lovestruck suitors dropping to one knee in a spontaneous marriage proposal; “Do Not Disturb” signs hanging on hotel room doors.

But this isn’t just a destination for tying the proverbial knot. For newlyweds who prefer to spend “alone time” away from family, friends and the new in-laws, there couldn’t be a more perfect location to start a new chapter in life. Even if you’ve turned a few pages in your own fairy tale, this is an ideal spot to keep the terms of endearment flowing. I’ve already started planning my vow renewal on the beach in Wailea, and it’s likely my husband and I will be spending an anniversary or two there, as well.

Aside from the obvious scenic beauty, a range of amenities—from catamaran cruises and private dinners on the beach to surf lessons and spa treatments—is right at your fingertips. In some cases, all you need to do is push a button, and it’s done. Concierge services at each palatial resort will ensure that you have everything your heart desires. “Now that’s what I call romantic,” Green says, giggling. “If we don’t have to worry about the when, where and why, all that’s left is the ‘who,’ which is the most important thing.”

Angela Hess, a server at Humuhumunukunukuapua‘a Restaurant at the Grand Wailea, sees firsthand the romantic appeal of the area. “I guess it must be the ocean, the breezes, the flowers, that draw people here to fall in love,” she says. “I think that’s what sets Wailea apart from other places on Maui.”

She’s witnessed her fair share of marriage proposals over candlelit dinners in the oceanfront restaurant, but admits she rarely raises an eyebrow when it happens.

“I’m not surprised that someone would choose [Wailea] to pop the question,” Hess explains. “It really is a magical place.”

Wailea certainly appears to be a haven for lovers. And it doesn’t matter if they’ve been together 10 minutes or 10 years.

Patricia Disalvo Viayra from Los Angeles, says her visit to Wailea with her husband of several years was exactly what they needed: “Quiet time alone together in a beautiful place.”

Viayra assures that even a round of golf can inspire romance. The couple spent their afternoons on the fairways. Was it relaxing? You bet. Was it romantic? Absolutely, she says. “There are ocean views on every hole, and it was just the two of us … it was magical.”

Surprisingly, despite the number of lovebirds who flock here year-round, Wailea still offers picture-perfect tranquility. “It’s definitely not a remote part of the island,” says Long, “but there’s a feeling that you have the whole place to yourself.”

Guava, Gouda & Caviar formerly Who Cut The Cheese still providing sophisticated product in a fun and friendly environment. More importantly, Guava,Gouda & Caviar is and will always be a place for those with fine taste and a sense of humor!

Fine, gourmet & artisan cheeses, specialty groceries, local products, AND, now offering a collection of gourmet comfort food by Stella Blues. Of course, you will still find our famous jetsetter picnic plates, and grilled to order paninis!

Now located in the Wailea Gateway across from Pita Paradise and under the Monkey Pod Kitchen. Open daily 9am until 8pm.

Look for Stuey’s Wine Cellar coming soon!!!

Guava, Gouda & Caviar 10 Wailea Gateway Place Off tthe Piilani Hwy. 808.874.3930 • guavagoudaandcaviar.com

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Inspiration Creative finds in Wailea shops & galleries

Art lovers know that great art thrives in places of beauty and inspiration.

Artists know that their canvases and sculptures are their stories. Shoppers know that when fashion and art intersect, the thrill of the hunt is intensified. In Wailea’s boutiques, galleries, and artist showcases, Hawai‘i’s artists find full expression, and galleries and shops brim with their unique creations. In The Shops at Wailea, Grand Wailea Shops, and the boutiques of Wailea Resort, treasure hunting is a creative, fun-filled adventure.

Just ask artist and jewelry designer Mckenna Hallett, who promotes her message of sustainability by creating stunning copper and aluminum jewelry without consuming fossil fuels in the process—no heat and no fuel, even in the packaging. For the 11 years of its existence, she’s been a staple at the daily Artists Showcase in the lower lobby of Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea. The longstanding program gives guests and visitors a chance to meet Maui artists and discover what inspired their work.

“I’ve been with the program from day one,” Hallett says. “This program, seven days a week and involving 42 artists, allows the general public and guests of the hotel to meet and see some of the top artists on Maui.

They can have a relaxed conversation in a relaxed environment while hearing our point of view as artists.”

Hallett has completed more than 40,000 pieces of jewelry from recycled metals, sending her message all over the planet: “We need to reduce and reuse more than we need to recycle … and to create less waste by rethinking everything we buy.”

Some of Hawai‘i’s finest contemporary art surrounds the selected artists in this open-air gallery. Nearby, international icon Jun Kaneko’s ceramic Colossal Heads grace the entrance to the hotel. Masterworks by Hawai‘i fine artists (Mary Mitsuda, Ron Kent, Marie McDonald, Joyce Kozloff, Hiroki Morinoue, Wayne Levin, and others) are in a permanent collection for your enjoyment. Docent-led tours are available every Friday, and selfguided iPod tours can be arranged through the concierge.

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Just down the road, a sizable collection of Fernando Botero sculptures, Fernand LĂŠger bronzes, Mordecai Ardon paintings, and international and local masterpieces grace the grounds of Grand Wailea. It has one of the largest corporate collections in Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i, recently augmented with the arrival of a Dale Chihuly chandelier. Outdoors and in public places, in galleries and among gardens and waterfalls, works by Island artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Satoru Abe, Shige Yamada, Sean K. L. Browne, Yvonne Cheng, Herb Kane and many othersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;bask indoors and in the open air. With its hundreds of works, NaPua Gallery is its own art destination, and on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday, the Artists-in-Residence program gathers select local artists to meet the public and share their work.

Similar programs at The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, and Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa highlight Island artists and products in casual settings in lobby and retail areas.

Casual shoppers have their heyday, too, in the clusters of boutiques lining the hotelsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; public areas. Year-round, every day, the shops of Wailea Resort sparkle with up-to-the-minute fashions, accessories, footwear and necessities to take you from the beach to a gourmet dinner.

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1=:=AA/: 63/2A IC<B7B:32K % Jun Kaneko, one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading ceramicists, was born in Japan and today works out of a studio in Omaha, Nebraska. His hand-glazed Colossal Heads were inspired by Hawaiian gods and legends.

ARTISTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STATEMENT. My interest towards the human head came from a question of the difference between abstract form and figurative form. If [the This page, clockwise from piece] already has the shape of the human head, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually much easier for left: Hawaiian jellyfish glass people to get involved with, or to get into the piece. sculptures from Ki`i I like Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i a lot. I was going there every year for about month to two Gallery; Jun Kaneko, months to do some drawings and paintings. Where I live, inglazed Omaha, Nebraska, colossal ceramic heads (Untitled), 2007; the wintertime is really cold, so it was a nice place to go and paint and walk. And Mckenna "Wrapped the people are amazing. I mean, they are great people, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;reHallett, very kind.

And just Radiatorâ&#x20AC;? earrings. the color looks different, too, because of the sunlight; the quality of the natural light is different.

Opposite: Peter Max, "Vase of Flowers,â&#x20AC;? 2010; Yvonne Cheng, "Crossroadsâ&#x20AC;? mosaic.

AUfm A]hgiXU ÂľABC27= Âś % Mitsuda is a lifelong Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ahu resident who weaves elements of nature and Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i into work using bold colors and textures. For this work, she found inspiration in letters from the Islands to mainland relatives in the 1820s.

ARTISTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STATEMENT. I worked on a stamp collection for a long time, and I was very affected by the folded letters and the unfolding of letters, and the fact that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just very beautiful documents. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very irregular, but broken up by these same kinds of lines.

When art and fashion intersect, the thrill of the hunt is intensified.

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SHOPPING

Shops, Galleries and More Hot Shops at Wailea Resorts The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui

SPA KEA LANI

4100 Wailea Alanui 808.875.4100

Active wear so stylish it can be worn to work, top-of-the-line beauty products, Jane Iredale mineral-based cosmetics, OKA b shoes, lifestyle books, lean, stretchy Beyond Yoga and OMgirl yoga wear—this is no ordinary spa boutique.

CAFFÉ CIAO BAKERY & DELI

For specially prepared picnic baskets and fine gourmet foods, you can’t go wrong with this trendy Italian deli and bakery. Fine imported wines, freshly baked breads, pastries and made-on-Maui products are among the treasures to go.

Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea 3900 Wailea Alanui 808.874.8000

THE FAIRMONT STORE 22 KNOTS

With fine jewelry, designer exclusives and high-end fashion, this luxury boutique makes a strong sartorial statement. The fashion designer icons—Missoni, Pucci, Lanvin, Stella McCartney and more—add plenty of sparkle to the shopping experience.

ISLAND SUNSATIONS

Calvin Klein, VIX, Gottex and Trina Turk are among the top names in swimwear and resort wear offered for the entire family. The sun-friendly finds include hair accessories, sarongs, sandals, Havaiana slippers, jewelry and Maui Jim sunglasses.

JUVENAL & CO. HAIR DESIGNS

The top-to-toe offerings include hair styling, manicures, pedicures and facial waxing. You can also purchase Aveda hair products, as well as hair accessories, bath products, makeup and jewelry.

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Chic, comfortable and exclusive Four Seasons logo wear by James Perse is a Cabana signature, along with designer beachwear, apparel, shoes and accessories for men, women and kids. Casual luxe reigns, with everything from the classics to the contemporary.

PORTS

Ext. 2811 The travel essentials—sundries, logo wear, snacks and gift ideas—are covered in this thoughtful, colorful selection.

TOWN AND COUNTRY FLORIST

808.875.8822 Flowers can make the day, and here’s where you’ll find them: fragrant, fresh and exotic blooms and arrangements.

From the lavish to the minimalist, they’re suitable for any occasion.

HILDGUND'S JEWELRY

808.874.5800 Beautiful creations by Hildgund, long considered one of Hawai‘i’s premier jewelers.

BEACH & POOL STORE

Water toys, hats, footwear, sun shirts, waterproof cameras and tanning lotions are included in the large selection of fun-friendly supplies.

CAFÉ KULA

The Grand Wailea Shops and Galleries 3850 Wailea Alanui 808.875.1234

Whether it’s breakfast, lunch or dinner, Café Kula offers lighter fare with delicious breakfast items and assorted freshly baked pastries,

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This signature store has all you need, from casual resort wear to logo wear for men, women and children; books and music; local artwork and madeon-Maui gifts. A green corner features eco-savvy items and coconut postcards, and agriculturally approved Maui pineapples are available to ship home.

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gourmet quiche, sandwiches, salads, ice cream, coffees and desserts.

it’s surf gear, swimwear, belts, hats or socks, this is designed for the active man with style.

CRUISE

The eye-catching, colorful resort wear and accessories include DIVA, one of swimwear’s most exclusive lines.

GRAND IMAGE BOUTIQUE

Spa Grande’s skincare products, therapeutic massage oils, elixirs and active-wear fill yoga, fitness and beauty needs. Maui’s own ‘Ala Lani and Island Essence lines and Kaua‘i’s Malie are among the beauty-enhancing salts, sprays, scrubs and spa products.

KI`I GALLERY

You’ll find handmade jewelry, hand-blown art glass and luxurious jewelry of luminous, multi-colored South Seas pearls.

NA HOKU

Exotic and elegant Na Hoku jewelry is inspired by the beauty and tradition of the Islands. Many of the intricately crafted pieces are enriched with Tahitian, Akoya or freshwater pearls.

TRADEWINDS BOUTIQUE

The big names in resort wear—Lilly Pulitzer, Karen Kane, XCVI—are the Tradewinds attention-getters, along with a fine selection of handbags, sandals, accessories and essentials.

WAILEA BREEZES

It’s a breeze to put your best foot forward with this resort-savvy selection of men’s and women’s footwear.

Island Slipper and the best-selling OluKai are among the handbags, accessories and colorful casuals rounding out the selection.

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GRAND JEWELS OF WAILEA

NaPUA GALLERY

The estate, vintage, rare and highfashion finds include diamond, platinum and 18k gold jewelry, as well as one-of-a-kind pieces by Norman Silverman Diamonds, Inc.

A Dale Chihuly chandelier joins the original paintings, sculpture, jewelry and fine art items of this gallery, including works by the premier artists of Maui.

GRAND WAILEA BUSINESS CENTER

PINEAPPLE PATCH

You’ll want to unplug during vacation, but for business needs that arise, there’s nothing like high-speed Internet service and a fully equipped business center offering copies, faxes and office equipment rental. Open daily, with shipping to the 50 states.

GRAND WAILEA GIFT SHOP

Gift items from Hawai‘i can be found among the logo wear, souvenirs, sundries and resort accessories, such as beach bags, polo shirts and bathrobes.

GRAND WAILEA MEN'S SHOP

Tommy Bahama, Toes on the Nose, and shirts, shorts, slacks and jackets put the spotlight on men. Whether

Imaginative toys, books, puzzles and beach wear are among the finds for children. You’ll find everything but the sandcastle, including hats, slippers and sun shirts.

QUIKSILVER

The Roxy and Quiksilver signature is the latest in swimwear, board shorts, logo wear, sunglasses and backpacks for catching the waves or exploring Maui.

Upbeat, heart-shaped details and accents add the Brighton signature to the selection of shoes, jewelry, accessories and handbags.

Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa 3700 Wailea Alanui 808.879.1922

Wailea Golf Club PRO SHOP, GOLD AND EMERALD CLUBHOUSE

100 Wailea Golf Club Drive 808.875.7450 Its 14 regional and national awards include designations as one of America’s top shops by Golf World Business and Golf for Women magazines, and the PGA of America named it the national resort Merchandiser of the Year. This is one of the largest pro shops in Hawai‘i and one of the best in the country, with jewelry, hats, handbags, organic made-on-Maui sunscreen, and fashions by the likes of Puma, Hugo Boss, Lilly Pulitzer, Bobby Jones, Ralph Lauren, Helen Kaminsky and other renowned brands. An extraordinary shopping destination, it’s not just for golf essentials, but for current, top-quality fashion, too.

ACCENTS GIFTS AND SUNDRY

A one-stop shop for fun lovers, the shop offers snacks and sundries, beach and sports apparel, accessories, souvenirs and distinctive gifts.

GRANDE'S GEMS & GALLERY

Precious and semi-precious stones, Hawaiian charms, souvenirs and exquisite jewelry add a dash of sparkle to your vacation.

WAILEA OLD BLUE CLUBHOUSE

120 Kaukahi Street 808.879.2350 Top-of-the-line golf apparel, equipment and accessories are part of The Old Blue's fully stocked pro shop, but fashionable sportswear and athletic apparel also give a boost to the game.

Wailea Tennis Club

RICKY MIA PHOTOGRAPHY

Because vacations and weddings are meant to be remembered, you’ll want those moments captured. Professional photography, film processing, enlargements and family portraits are among the services offered.

East-West theme, and spicy fragrances of cloves, ginger and nutmeg waft through the room.

MANDARA SPA

PRO SHOP

Maui’s Island Essence mango-coconut body wash and Elemis limeginger scrub are among the finds of this fragrant spa shop. Treatment lines and beauty products uphold the

131 Wailea Ike Place (808) 879-1958 Tennis enthusiasts will find great apparel, equipment, shoes and more at this full-service pro shop.

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Retail Treasures and Dining Pleasures The Shops at Wailea

and galleries in an open-air setting are among the perks of paradise. Forget the long drives, parking hassles and blister-inducing schleps: At The Shops at Wailea, more than 70 shops, galleries and restaurants are clustered on two levels around a fountain and atrium, with generous parking on both sides of the 160,000-square-foot complex.

It’s a pleasant, convenient and luxurious experience designed by gods of the good life. Located between Grand Wailea and the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, it’s the shopping and dining nexus of South Maui.

Lovers of high fashion can lean on the global giants. Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co., Gucci, Coach and Bottega Veneta set the bar high, while Island-casual options—Tori Richard, Blue Ginger, Quiksilver, Tommy Bahama—keep the vacation vibe alive. Maui-based retailers, including The Enchantress Boutique, Fifi & Bootzie, Moonbow Tropics and The Aloha Shirt Museum & Boutique, add sparkle and sass to the line-up.

For shopping spree refreshments, grab an ice cream from Lappert’s or a cuppa joe at the Honolulu Coffee Co., where customers have been known to hold impromptu business meetings in the courtyard.

Diners, especially, triumph. Eclectic restaurants bring East and West to you, from the sushi and tapas at KAI Wailea to the filet mignon at Ruth’s Chris Steak House. Fiery rums and tropical fare abound at Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar, but it’s at Longhi’s that you’ll lunge for the pasta. For beefy, burly burgers, duck into Cheeseburger, Island Style.

Celebrities love The Shops at Wailea, which is why you might see Steven Tyler or Mick Fleetwood unveiling a painting at Célébrités Gallery of Celebrity Fine Art, or Peter Max emerging from The Art of Peter Max Gallery, one of two in the world dedicated exclusively to his work. When big names, new artists, glamour and talent find each other, it’s a heady mix for art lovers.

3750 Wailea Alanui, 808.891.6770, theshopsatwailea.com, @ShopsAtWailea on Twitter.

Open 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, with WOW! Wailea on Wednesdays, 6:30 to 8 p.m., with entertainment in the lower courtyard.

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STYLISH BOUTIQUES, RESTAURANT

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RETAILERS AND RESTAURANTS

Fashion & Style â&#x20AC;¢ BCBGMAXAZRIA â&#x20AC;¢ Betsey Johnson â&#x20AC;¢ Bottega Veneta â&#x20AC;¢ Caché â&#x20AC;¢ Coach â&#x20AC;¢ Cos Bar â&#x20AC;¢ The Enchantress Boutique â&#x20AC;¢ Fifi & Bootzie Boutique â&#x20AC;¢ Gucci â&#x20AC;¢ Guess? â&#x20AC;¢ ILORI â&#x20AC;¢ Louis Vuitton â&#x20AC;¢ St. John Boutique â&#x20AC;¢ White House/Black Market

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Island & Casual Wear â&#x20AC;¢ Aloha Shirt Museum & Boutique â&#x20AC;¢ Banana Republic â&#x20AC;¢ Billabong â&#x20AC;¢ Blue Ginger/ Blue Ginger Kids â&#x20AC;¢ Chicoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;¢ Crazy Shirts â&#x20AC;¢ CY Maui/Manikin â&#x20AC;¢ Gap/babyGap â&#x20AC;¢ Honolua Surf Co. â&#x20AC;¢ Honolua Wahine â&#x20AC;¢ Maui Waterwear â&#x20AC;¢ Moonbow Tropics â&#x20AC;¢ Quiksilver â&#x20AC;¢ Roxy

â&#x20AC;¢ Sandal Tree â&#x20AC;¢ Sunglass Hut â&#x20AC;¢ T-Shirt Factory â&#x20AC;¢ The Walking Company â&#x20AC;¢ Tommy Bahama Emporium â&#x20AC;¢ Tori Richard

â&#x20AC;¢ Black Pearl Gallery â&#x20AC;¢ Dolphin Galleries â&#x20AC;¢ Folli Follie â&#x20AC;¢ Lambros Goldsmith â&#x20AC;¢ Na Hoku â&#x20AC;¢ Swarovski Crystal â&#x20AC;¢ Tiffany & Co.

Dining & Snacks

Real Estate & Personal Services

â&#x20AC;¢ Cheeseburger Island Style â&#x20AC;¢ Honolulu Coffee Co. â&#x20AC;¢ KAI Wailea â&#x20AC;¢ Lappertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ice Cream & Coffee â&#x20AC;¢ Longhiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;¢ Ruthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chris Steak House â&#x20AC;¢ Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar

Art Galleries â&#x20AC;¢ The Art of Peter Max â&#x20AC;¢ Célébrités Gallery of Celebrity Fine Art â&#x20AC;¢ Dolphin Galleries â&#x20AC;¢ Eclectic Image Gallery â&#x20AC;¢ Ã&#x2030;lan Vital Galleries â&#x20AC;¢ Ki`i Galleries â&#x20AC;¢ Lahaina Galleries

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â&#x20AC;¢ Century 21â&#x20AC;&#x201D;All Islands â&#x20AC;¢ Coldwell Banker Island Properties â&#x20AC;¢ Island Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International Realty â&#x20AC;¢ Maui Dive Shop â&#x20AC;¢ Sisters & Co. Boutique & Salon â&#x20AC;¢ The Wailea Group â&#x20AC;¢ Wailea Realty â&#x20AC;¢ Windermere Valley Isle Properties

Personal Training & Cardio Conditioning Pilates Flexibility Strength

Specialty Gifts & Sundries

Weights

â&#x20AC;¢ ABC Stores â&#x20AC;¢ Elephant Walkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Gallery of Life â&#x20AC;¢ Martin & MacArthur â&#x20AC;¢ Sand People â&#x20AC;¢ Whalerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s General Store

Jewelry â&#x20AC;¢ Baron & Leeds â&#x20AC;¢ Bernard K. Passman Gallery

Wailea Town Center 161 Wailea Ike Place t 808.875.1066 t repsfitness.com

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in the Sun

Eye-popping scenery in Mauiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s underwater cathedral

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With Kahoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;olawe in the background, Molokini is a marine life showcase.

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Moorish Idols and sea urchins are colorful denizens of Molokini waters.

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at Molokini, the crescent-shaped islet dramatically visible from Wailea. Less than three miles from South Maui’s Ma‘alaea Harbor, where most Molokini tours begin, this beauty spot on the horizon is a marine sanctuary below water and a bird sanctuary above. The 23-acre volcanic tuff cone is protected from top to toe, and for good reason.

Geologists say that the crater itself is the top of a volcanic cone, formed when the Hawaiian Islands were young. Once upon a time, they say, molten lava flowed beneath the surface of the ocean through tubes that trapped water within their rocky infrastructure. When the flowing lava super-heated the water to its boiling point, water turned to steam, and the ensuing pressure caused massive explosions. Molokini, reportedly, was formed by an explosion such as this.

While hundreds of ancient cinder cones can be found around the Islands, Molokini is a rarity, large enough to rise from the deep ocean floor to penetrate the ocean’s surface. Initially a volcanic cone, the north wall of Molokini eventually collapsed, allowing clear, deep ocean water into the crater within. Thus was born the magnificent underwater playground that is a South Maui landmark.

Ancient legend offers another take on the creation of Molokini. One version holds that the handsome Chief Lohiau, while living in Ma‘alaea, married a beautiful mo‘o, or lizard. Also in love with Lohiau was the volcano goddess, Pele. Deciding to eradicate her competition, she cut the poor mo‘o in half and hurled its head out to sea to form Molokini. Pele then proceeded to heave the unfortunate reptile’s tail way south over Wailea, to Mākena Beach, where, as one version of the story goes, it formed the hill now known as Pu‘u Ōla‘i. Not quite satisfied, she then turned both halves into stone.

This snorkel and diving site is famous for its crystal-clear water and visibility of over 100 feet nearly every day.

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Currents and formations allow visibility of 100 feet.

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Sea turtles thrive in South Maui waters.

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The water teems with thousands of colorful fish, turtles, rays, eels, and scurrying crustaceans—around 250 species in all.

Whether a volcanic cinder cone or an unlucky reptile, Molokini’s crescent shape guards the pristine waters within from the rough ocean conditions outside.

This snorkel and diving site is famous for its crystal-clear water and visibility of over 100 feet nearly every day. The water teems with thousands of colorful fish, turtles, rays, eels, and scurrying crustaceans—around 250 species in all. Many of them are the deep-water variety found only on Molokini, but not at the near-shore snorkel sites. Keep an eye out for the occasional monk seal, dolphins, and white tip sharks, too. A winter bonus is witnessing the antics of our famous whales on the boat journey over. Unlike shallow-water sites, the relatively deeper waters of Molokini assure you the sensation of floating over undisturbed corals and reefs. You can also gaze into canyons of coral and rock formations, which descend eerily into the clear deep water below.

A truly breathtaking sight!

Another appealing feature is that Molokini offers watery adventures for all skill levels. Besides snorkeling, beginning divers will find it ideal in the center of the basin, where the pristine water is only 30 or 35 feet deep. Especially adventurous divers can explore the crescent tips that slope off to 70 feet. The backside of the crater (experts only!) has a dramatic underwater wall that descends more than 300 feet.

Molokini tours cater to all levels, from beginners to advanced, in snorkeling, Snuba, and tank dives. Tour companies, many based at Ma‘alaea Harbor, offer all kinds of equipment rentals, including optical masks (please inquire), underwater cameras, and everything else you and your family would need. Morning trips are best, as the wind can pick up in the afternoons.

Have fun, and thank Pele while you're out there.

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Aloha Moment

From the sun’s arrival to the sun’s rest.

From ‘Ōlelo No‘eau by Mary Kawena Pukui

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